Valve controlling apparatus



June 23, 1942.

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VALVE CONITIROLLING APPARATUS Filed 0st. 51, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Patented June 23, 1942 VALVE CONTROLLING APPARATUS I John Gustaf Mauritz Brodn, Malmo, Sweden, as- Signor to Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, Aktiebolag, Malmo, Sweden, a corporation of Sweden Application October 31, 1938, Serial No 238,114

In Sweden November 2, 1937 16 Claims.

The present inventionrelates to devices for opening and closing valve members for vessels containing compressed .medium, such as air under pressure, in which the medium discharged through the valve member is employed for the actuation, for instance, of alarm apparatus of any desirable type, such as sirens.

It has previously been proposed to use the medium under pressure contained in the vessel as a source of power for effecting opening and closing of the valve member by the instrumentality of mechanism acted upon by the said pressure medium. Devices of this kind suffer, however, from the inconvenience that the vessel must be provided with more than one discharge opening, and, consequently, the medium under pressure has more than one place through which it may leak out from the vessel. This inconvenience is of particular importance in those cases in which the vessel must be kept under pressure for a long time without being used, so that it can occur, under unfavorable conditions, that the vessel is emptied when it should suddenly be used.

Endeavours should therefore be made to provide I the vessel with one discharge opening only, thus warranting the greatest possible security against self-emptying and making unnecessary a repeated inspection of the contents of the vessel. This inspection may be rather troublesome if the vessel is located at a remote or inaccessible place, or on account of other difliculties connected with the inspection. Vessels of the kind referred to are often operated-from remote places.

The primary object of the present invention is to avoid the above named inconvenience and to provide an actuating and controlling device [or the valves of the said vessels, which actuating device should be so constructed that upon openmg of the valve it will be able to actuate the mechanism for the valve by means of the pressure of the medium prevailing on the outlet side of the valve, in a manner such that upon discharge of a certain quantity of medium under pressure said mechanism will move back to a position in which the whole assembly, again is ready to efiect a new opening of the valve.

Other objects and advantages of the inven' tion will be apparent from the following descrlption of several embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate an arrangement ac-' cording to the invention, the vessel for the medium under pressure being not shown; Fig. 1 is the left-hand portion and Fig. 2 is the right- I spring 24.

hand portion of .the assembly, which is shown partly in section.

Fig. 3 is another embodiment of the invention, partly shown in section.

Fig. 4 is a further embodiment of the .invention, also partly shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a still further embodiment of the invention, also partly shown in section.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 56 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section taken on theline'T-l of Fig. 4. I

Fig. 8 shows a modification of a detail of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is a partial section taken on the line 9-3 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 10 is a detail of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, viewed from the right, and

Fig. 11 shows some details of Fig. 2, viewed from above.

The embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a valve casing 2| having a valve seat 22 against which a valve body 23 in the form of a piston is tightly pressed by means of a helical The piston 23 is provided with a packing 25 of soft material. The valve casing is provided with an inlet branch 26 for connection with the vessel (not shown in the drawings) and with an outlet branch 21 for connection with an alarm apparatus diagrammatically indicated at 28. The vessel may be of any suitable type and forms per se no part of this invention. Between the outlet branch 21 and the alarm apparatus there is inserted an outlet conduit 29 containing a pressure reduction valve 30, which is arranged to maintain constant the pressure on the outlet side of the valve 23, and a safety valve 3| adapted to prevent undue rise of pressure if the reduction valve 30 should fail to operate. The valve body 23 is further acted upon by a rod 32 which extends into the valve casing through a gland 33 and a packing 34. The rod 32 is movable in its longitudinal direction and acts upon the valve body on the low pressure side I the lever 36. The third arm of the lever 36 normally rests on a stop 4| on an armature 42 of an electromagnet. 43 having a pole piece 43'. The electromagnet is connected to a source of current 44 and provided with a Switch 45. The.

armature 42 is pivoted'on a pin 46 mounted in the support of the apparatus. The armature is subjected to the action of a spring 41, the one end of which is secured to a pin 48 likewise mounted in the support. Near the end of the arm which rests on the stop 4|, the lever 36 has a recess 49 through which the stop 4| can pass is arranged to limit the movement of the arm under certain circumstances as will be described I hereinbelow.

The lever 36 is further subject to the action of a diaphragm 5| arranged in a casing 50 and acted upon on the one side by the atmospheric pressure and on the other side by the pressure of the pressure medium prevailing on the outlet side of the valve 23, as viewed in the direction of flow of the medium. The casing 58 forms a chamber 52 which is divided into two parts by means of the diaphragm 5|, the upper one'there- I3 towards the left. The mode of operation of the embodiment described 'is as follows.

When the circuit is closed by means of the switch 45, the electromagnet 43 produces a small iorce'which attracts the armature 42 (see also Fig. 11) so that the stop 4| is moved into the of communicating with the atmosphere through an opening 53 in the wall of the casing, and the lower one communicating with the outlet conduit 29 by means of an aperture 54,- a control member to be described later on and a conduit 55. Normally, the conduit 55 is connected to the conduit 29 at a place between the'pressure-reducing valve 38 and the safety valve 3|, as is shown in Fig. 1. The movement of the diaphragm 5| is transmitted to the lever 36 by means of a rod 51, the lower end of which is connected with the diaphragm by means of a disk-like member 51a. The above-named control member between the diaphragm and the valve 23 consists of a double-seated valve having a stem 59 adapted to move to and fro in a cylindrical bore 58 provided in the casing of the diaphragm. The said bore is directly connected with the aperture 54. At both ends of the bore 58 plugs 68 and6| are provided having passages 62 and 63, respectively. The passage 62 communicates'with the conduit 55 and the bore 58. A pin 64 is slidable in the passage 63, the clearance between the pin and the passage forming a connection between the bore 58 and the atmosphere. The inner ends of the plugs 68 and 6|, which are located within the bore 58, form small seats adapted to cooperate with the respective ends of the valve stem 59, said ends being for this purpose provided with packings 65 and 66, respectively, consisting of soft material. At its outer end, the pin 64 is connected to a plate spring 6I which is secured to the casing 56 and tends to move the pin to the right as viewed in'Fig'. 1. A swingable member 68 is pivoted about a'pin 69 secured to the casing 50 and is loaded at its free end by means of a spring I0 which tends to force the swingable member 68 against the plate spring 61. The swingable member is provided with a projection II through which extends a pin I2 so as to project on both sides thereof. The lever 36 carries a swingable bifurcated arm I3 pivoted on a pin I4 which is secured tothe lever 36 (see also Fig.- 10), The bifurcated arm is acted on by a spring 15 which is inserted between a projection I6 of the lever 36 and a'polnt approximately'in the middle of the arm I3. The said spring I5 pulls the bifurcated arm against the projecting pin I2. The arm I3 is provided with two prongs I1 and I8, the ends of which are tapered as shown in the drawing. The slit between the prongs is sllfliciently large to allow the projection 1| enpath of the recess 48 whereby the force constituted by the spring 38 will be released. The right-hand end ofthe lever 36, as viewed. in Fig. 2, thereby moves downwards until it comes into contact with an abutment I8 on the armature 42. -At the same time, the left-hand end of the lever 36 moves'upwards and thereby lifts the rod 32 which opens the valve 23 against the resistance of the spring 24 with the result that medi-' um under pressure is discharged from the vessel and flows tothe apparatus 28 which begins to sound.

If, in order to stop the alarm apparatus, the

current is then interrupted by means of the switch 45, the effect of the electromagnetic force ceases, and the armature-42 will be re-' turned to its original position by the action of the spring 41. Thereby, the right-hand end of the lever 36 will be released from the abutment I9, and the releasable force representedby the spring 38 will be released once more, with the result that the valve member 23 will be lifted still more, while the right-hand arm of the lever 36 will be moved downwardly still farther.

During the first movement of the lever 36 after the first release, the prongs I1 and I8 of the bifurcated arm I3 are pressed against the projecting pin I2 so as to render ineffective, by means of the springs I5 and III, the action of the plate spring 61 so that the pin 64 will be forced against the valve stem 58 which, consequently, will be kept in tight engagement against the passage 62. The medium under pressure in the pipe 55 is thus prevented from entering the bore 58 and the chamber 52, the diaphragm thus being kept out of action.

.After the second release of the releasable spring 38, that is, when the right-hand arm of the lever 36 is moving downwards past the abut- 1 ment I9, the bifurcated arm I3, too, moves downwards. When it reaches a certain position, the

projecting pin 12 can pass into the recesses 13a.

and"'I3b of the prongs II arid- 18, whereby the actionof the spring I5 upon the swingable member 68 ceases. The arm 13 then bears on the fixed pin 12a. The sumpf the actions of the plate spring 61 and the pressure of the pressure medium on the valve stem 58 is now exceeding the action of the spring I8 so that the valve stem '59 will be moved to the right, as viewed in Fig. l,

and medium under pressure will enter. the bore 58 and the space below the diaphragm. The valve 66 thereby closes the passage 63 and prevents discharge of medium under pressure there- 'throigh. The diaphragm will be lifted under the action of the pressure medium and will thereby raise the rod 51 which will act on the lever 36 and move the right-hand arm thereof upwards. During the movement of the lever, its right-hand arm pushes the stop 4| out of the path of movement so that it can move past the same. At the same time,- the releasable force represented by the spring 38 is tensioned, and the valve member 23 closes under the action of the spring 24. Due to the arrangement of the safety valve 3| a small quantity of pressure medium is retained in the outlet conduit, said quantity being sufficient to maintain the diaphragm under pressure until the armature 42 and its stop 4I have had suiiicient time to return and to lock the lever 36 in its initial position. When the lever 36 moves upwardly past the stop 4 I, the bifurcated member I3 is also raised to such a height that its lower end passes the projecting pin I2. During the upward movement of the arm I3, the pin I2, due to the oblique recesses 13a and 13b, is moved to the right against the action of the spring I8. When the lower end of the arm I3 has passed the pin I2, this pin is returned by the spring 18. When the lever 38 thereupon again is lowered against the stop 4|, the prongs I1 and 18 due to the tapered form of their ends will be moved to the right of the projecting pin I2. The force of the spring 15 then acts by means of the arm I3, on the pin I2 and the swingable member 88 and, consequently, upon the pin 84 which pushes away the valve stem 59 and thus permits the medium under pressure of being discharged through the clearance between the pin 64 and the wall of the passage 63. Thereupon, the various parts of the assembly are again ready for opening the valve 23 upon a new closing of the circuit by means of the switch 45.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3 comprises a valve casing 2I which fully corresponds to the casing 2| shown in Fig. 1, though, for thesake of convenience, the valve is not shown in section. The rod 32 is arranged in the same manwar and serves the same purpose as the rod 32 shown in Fig. 1. An outlet conduit 29, valves 38 and 3|, and an alarm apparatus 28 are connected to the outlet branch 21 in the same way as in Fig. 1, although the said parts are not illustrated in connection with the present embodiment.

The releasable force represented by a spring 38a acts here on a lever 38a pivoted on a pin 31a which is mounted in the support of the assembly, which support forms no part of the invention and is not shown in the drawings. The spring 38a is inserted between the support of the assembly and a threaded ring 88 adjustable along a rod 51a which extends through the spring 38a. The lever 35a has two arms and acts with one of its arms and by means of a rod 8| on the rod 32 of the valve. The rod 8| is under the influence of a spring 82 which presses the rod in the direction against the lever 36a. The other arm of the lever 36a is pivotally connected to another lever 83 which is mounted on a pivot 84 secured in the support of the mechanism (see also Fig. 9). One end of the lever 83 is locked in its position by means of a member 85 which is pivotally mounted on a pin 86 secured to the support. One side of the member 85 is acted on by a spring 81 which is secured to a pin 88 mounted in the support. .On its other side. the member 85 has pivoted. to it a link 89 secured to the member 85 by means of a screw 88 and having its other end secured, by means of a screw 9|, to an armature 42a of an electromagnet 43a. The lever 38a extends through a slot 92 in the rod 51a. The lower portion of this rod is acted on by pressure medium taken from the outlet side of the valve 2| and acting on a diaphragm 5Ia piston 94 which is under the action of a spring and a lever 88. The one end of the piston is provided with a packing 81 which in the one end position of the piston tightly abuts against and closes the opening which connects the conduit 55a with the cylinder .93. A conduit 56a which is connected to the valve casing 2| at the outlet side of the valve body also communicates with the cylinder 83. By means of a rod 98, the piston 94 is connected with one arm of the lever lit-which is pivoted on a stationary pin 99. The other arm of the lever 88 abuts against an arm of the lever 83, the end of said arm being in the form of a cam I88. cular portion having the pivot 84 as a centre and projections I 8| located on both sides of the circular portion. 'Although not shown in the drawing, the electrnmagnet is connected to .a source of current and provided with a switch substantially in the same manner as shown and described with reference to Fig. 2.

The mode of operation is as follows. Upon closing of the circuit by means of the switch (not shown in the drawings) the electromagnet 43a attracts the armature 42a which thereby is turned about its pivot I82. The link 88 thereby turns the member 85 about the pin 86 so that the lever 83 will be unlocked and the releasable force represented by the spring 38a will be released so that the right-hand arm of the lever 36a will be moved downwards. The rod 8| will thus be raised and. will move-the rod 32 and thus also the valve body between the vesel and the alarm apparatus, as previously described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. At the same time, the lever 36a acts'upon the lever 83 so as to turn the latter around thepin 84 whereby the lower end of the lever 83 pushes away the righthand end 'of the'member 85 so that the lever 83 can be moved somewhat past the member 85, whereupon the said member returns and thereby prevents the lever 83 from moving back to the initial position. The rod 51a then abuts against the upper side of the diaphragm 5Ia.

vUpon release of the lever 83 the upper arm thereof will evidently also move through a corresponing angle about the pivot 84. The'levcr 98 which rests against the cam formed by the upper end of the lever 83 will thus turn about the pin 88 in accordance with the curvature of the cam portion of the lever 83. To begin with, the piston 94 will close the connection between the conduit 55a and the cylinder 83 and thereby prevent pressure medium from flowing from the conduit 58a to the lower side of the diaphragm 5Ia. Only after the cam has finished its turning movement, and the lever 83, consequently, is locked. by the-member 85 in. the position indicated by the dash and dot lines I83, will the piston be returned so as to open the connection for the pressure medium which then can pass through the conduit 55a into the chamber 52a. The pressure acting against the lower side of The cam comprises a cirthe diaphragm raises the rod 510. and thus tensions the spring 38a again.

Upon opening of the circuit through the electromagnet the force exerted by the same ceases and the spring 81 releases the lever 83 by turning the member 85 in a clockwise direction. The

downward movement of the rod M the valve member 23 is closed. by the spring 24 (see Fig. 1) and the supply of pressure medium to the alarm apparatus ceases. The releasable force represented by the spring 38a is now tensioned again and the various parts of the assembly are in such positions as to be ready for a new opening of the valve member 23.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4, 6 and 7 comprises a valve casing 2Ib connected to the vessel through an inlet 2% and provided with an outlet 21b to which there is connected an outlet conduit 29?) having valves 30 and 3| (not shown in the present embodiment) and being connected to-the alarm apparatus in the manner described in conjunction with the embodiment shown in Fig. 1. The valve body 23b in the present embodiment rests against the valve seat 221) with a tight fit under the action of the pressure medium only. An electromagnet 43} mounted on a support I04 is provided with an armature 42b pivoted on a pin 46b. The armature is in the form of a lever, the one arm of which serves for releasing certain forces, as will be more fully described hereinbelow. The

armature is under the influence of a spring 41b I adjustable by means of a screw I05 and an appertaining set screw I06. The movement of the armature is limited in the one direction by means of the electromagnet and in the other direction by means of an adjustable screw I01. A linkage comprising a horizontal link I08, two toggles I09, H and HI, II2 and links H3, H4 is arranged in the following manner. The toggle I09, H0 is adapted to pivot on a pin H mounted in the support. The link I I0 is pivoted to the link I08 by means of the pin H6. is formed by a pin H1. The link III is connected tothe link I08 by means of a pin I I8. The link H2 is pivotally connected to the link H4 by means of the pin H9. The knee joint of the last-named toggle is constituted by the pin I20.

The knee joint.

The link H4 is pivoted on the stationary pin I2I.

The link H3 is pivoted on a pin I22 mounted in the support and is connected to the link I08 by means of the pin I23. The toggle I09, H0 abuts in its stretched-out position against an adjustable screw I24 secured to the support, whereas the toggle III, H2 abuts against another adjustable screw I25 likewise fastened in the support. The link I08 can be acted on by a releasable force represented by a spring I26 inserted between a pin I21 in the support and a pin I28 lower side with a rod 51b which extends through the diaphragm casing 501) and the outer end of which rests against the link H4. Also in the present embodiment, the diaphragm casing consists of two parts between which the diaphragm 5"; is clamped by means of bolts I33. By means of bolts I34, the diaphragm casing is fastened to the support. In'the present instance, the valve body 23b is secured to a rod 3217 which extends through the valve casing 2") and the lower end of which is provided with an adjustable screw I35. In axial alignment with the rod 32b and at a short distance from the screw I35 there is arrangeda rod 8Ib adapted to be displaced in axial direction and guided by a bracket I38 secured to the support I04. The lower end of the rod 8Ib rests against an abutment I31 connected to the link I08.

As will be seen from Fig. 6, the links III and I09 are connected with each other by means of a tension spring I38. The arrangement of the links is more clearly shown in Fig. '7. In order to render the link system more stable, it is provided with double links which partially overlap each other.

The mode of operation of the embodiment described is as follows. Upon closing of the circuit of the electromagnet which also in the present instance is connected to a source of current and a switch not shown in the drawing but arranged in the same manner as illustrated in Fig. 2, the armature 42b will be attracted so that its lower end will act on the adjustable screw I3I so as to move the toggle I09, 0, which initially was stretched out, out of its normal position. As a result thereof the links I09, H0 will be turned by the released force represented by the spring I26. On such turning of the toggle I09, H0, the spring I38 pulls the link III so that the kneejoint of the toggle III, H2 will be pressed'against the adjustable screw I25. The toggle III, H2 is then stretched out,-and the pin H8 of the link III acts as a stationary pivot. Conseguently, the releasable force represented byfthe spring I28 will turn the link I08 upwardly about the pin H8, whereby the rod 8lb will be raised and brought into contact with the adjustable screw I35, so that upon continued 'upward movement the valve member 2317 will be lifted. so as to openthe communication. between the vessel for the pressure medium, and the alarm apparatus. Medium under pressure then flows not only to the alarm apparatus but also through the conduit 55b into the upper compartment of the chamber within the diaphragm casing 50b. The pressure medium exerts a certain pressure on the diaphragm which transmits the said pressure to the rod 51b which in the link I08. The links no and m are pro-' vided with arms I29 and I30, respectively, which are so located that they end a short distance from the armature 421), on either side thereof.

The arms I29 and I30 are provided with adjustable screws I3I and I32, respectively, for adjusting the distance between the arms and the armature. A conduit 55!) connects the valve casing 2Ib at the outlet side of the valve member thereby moves downwards the right-hand arm of the link H4, the left-hand arm of which moves the stretched-out toggle III, H2 upwards which is rendered possible by a point of the.link I08 nowresting "above the pin I23 against the rod 8Ib. the-lower point of which now constitutes a fixed point of the system, since the adjustable screw I35 has been brought into contact with the lower portion of the valve that the toggle III. II2 will be moved out of its position of the equilibrium and the links III and H2 will be. turned under the influence of the force exerted on the link II4 by the diaphragm 5Ib. The turning movement of the links lII, II2 again causes tension of the spring I38 which latter now moves the toggle I09, IIv

into a stretched-out position and into contact with the adjustable screw I24. Thepin III; of the link IIO now constitutes a stationary pivot around which the link I08 is turned, said turning movement being facilitated by the released force of the spring I26. The abutment I3'I follows the movement of the link I08 and, consequently, the rod 8"), too, will move downwards, with the result, that the pressure of the pressure medium will close the valve 22b, 2317. As a result thereof, the pressure exerted on the diaphragm Ib will be reduced and the force exerted on the link II4 will cease so that the spring I38 will tend to stretch out the toggle III, H2 and move the same almost into contact with the adjustable screw I25. The spring I26 is now tensioned again and the link system is returned to its initial position so as to be ready to open the valve again upon closing of the circuit of the electromagnet.

In order to prevent a simultaneous turning movement of the toggles I09, H0 and III, II2, the links 0 and I may be provided with arms I39 and I40 respectively, as shown in Fig.

8. The said arms are adapted to cooperate with a rotatable member I4I mounted on the pin I23 and shaped as shown in the drawings. In the position shown in Fig. 8, the toggle III, H2 is freely movable about the knee joint I20 without the arm I40 being hindered by the member I4I. In this case, the toggle I09, H0 is stretched out. Upon turning movement of the toggle I09, .IIO the arm I39 turns the member I about the pin I23 in a counter-clockwise direction so that the said member will be moved into the position shown by dash-and-dotted lines and thereby prevent the toggle III, II2 from being turned to any noticeable extent.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, 2Ic indicates the casing of the valve, 260 the inlet and 210 the outlet of the valve, and 290 the outlet conduit through which pressure medium can, be

conducted to the alarm apparatus not shown in the drawing. As in the previous embodiments, valves 30 and 3I not shown in the drawing are provided in the conduit 290 for the same purpose as in the previous embodiments. The valve seat is denoted by 22c and the valve body by 230. A conduit 550 is connected to the valve 'casing on the outlet side of the valve body 230,

counted in the direction of flow of the'pressure medium. The valve body 230 is made in one piece with a rod 320 which passes'through the wall of the valve casing and is guided through the support I04c. In the present embodiment, the position of the valve body relative to the valve seat is inverse as compared with the previous embodiments. Also in the present intoggle I090, IIOc comprises a pin 10, and the link I090 is pivoted about a pin 50 secured to the support. The link N00 is pivoted to the one end of the link I080 by means of the pin 60. The joint of the toggle IIIc, N20 is constituted by the pin I200. The link II-Ic is pivotally connected to the link I08c bymeans of the pin I I 8c located on the opposite side of the pivot I23c as compared with the pin 60. One end of a spring I260 is secured to a pin I2Ic mounted in the support. The other end of the spring is connected to the link I080 by means of a pin I280. Between the toggles there is inserted a spring I300, one end of which is pivoted to the link IIIc by means of a pin I43, while the other end is secured to the pin 10. The link 00 is provided with an adjustable screw I44 which abuts against an adjustable screw I24c mounted in the support I040. Another adjustable s'crew 'I25c likewise mounted in the support I04c abuts against the knee jointof the toggle I0, 20. The link I I2c is pivotally connected, by means of a pin 90, with a rod 510 rigidly connected to a disk-like portion which abuts against a diaphragm 5Ic arranged in a diaphragm casing 500. The said casing consists of two parts connected to each other and clamping the diaphragm therebetween. The chamber 520 in the diaphragm casing is divided into an upper and a lower compartment by means of the diaphragm. The upper compartment communicates with a conduit 550, whereas the lower compartment is in communication with the atmosphere through the clearance between the rod 510 and the adjoining wall of the diaphragm casing.

Also in the present embodiment an electromagnet including a source of current and a switch is used for releasing a certain force by means of a minor force. For the sake of simplicity, only the armature 420 of the electromagnet is shown in Fig. 5. The armature is provided with a pin I45 which extends through a bore in the adjustable screw I24c such that, under certain circumstances, it can be brought into contact with the adjustable screw I44. The armature is further provided with a rod I46 which is adapted to be moved in axial direction together with the armature and which is guided in bearings I41 and I48 mounted in the support. The one end of the rod 6- is rigidly connected with the armature 420, while the other end I46a is bent at right angles. The portion I46a carries an adjustable screw I49 adapted to be brought into contact with a pin I50 which is located in a bore of theadjustable screw I250. In this way, the pin I50 can under certain circumstances be brought into contact with the toggle I0, 20. A spring I5I is inserted between a stationary pin I52 and the portion I46a and acts on the rod I46 in the direction opposite to the direction in which the electromagnet acts on the armature 420.

The mode of operation of this embodiment is as follows. Upon closing of the current of the electromagnet the armature 420 is moved to the left as viewed in Fig. 5. As a result thereof, the pin I45 acts on the adjustable screw I44 so that stance the operating mechanism consists of a the toggle I09c, 00 which previously was stretched-out will be turned with its knee joint to the right. The pressure of the medium in the vessel causes the valve body 230 to open, and the rod 320 will be moved downwards until the link I080 which turns about the pin II8c comes into contact with the stop I42. Medium under pressure then flows through the outlet conduit 290 to the alarm apparatus, and the latter begins tosound. When the knee joint IIIc moves to the'right, the spring I380 istensioned and keeps the toggle IIIc, H20 in engagement with the adjustable screw I250. then in a stretched-out position. Pressure medium flows simultaneously from the outlet side of the valve body 230 through the conduit 550 to the upper diaphragm compartment and presses the diaphragm and the rod 510 downwards, said pressure being transmitted to the link I080 which rests against the stop I42 and moves about the pin- I230. 'Under this movement the spring I2I5c will be tensioned. Simultaneously, the toggle I09c,- IIIlc is almost stretched out again and the spring I380 is released. The

alarm apparatus continues to sound until the.

current of the electromagnet is opened. If this happens," the spring II moves the adjustable screw I49 .intocontact with thespin I50 which acts onthe toggle H10, H20 so as to move the knee jointto the right, partly due to the pressure acting on the diaphragm and partly due to the tension of the spring 1260. The spring I38c is thereby tensioned again and stretches entirely out-the toggle I090,- IIllc so that the adjustable screws II and I240 will-be brought into contact with each other. stationary pivot and the link I080 will turn up- The toggle I0, 20 is The pin IIGc thus will form a taining the actuating means in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said actuating means for restoring the valve means, means communicating the restoring means with the pressure medium supplied to the valve means for actuating the restoring means, means independent. of the pressure medium for actuating said releasable stop mechanism, a second releasable stop mechanism acting upon the actuating means for stopping the same in position with the valve means opened and cooperating with said restoring means soas to bring about the restoring of the valve means to its closed position upon release, of said second stop mechanism, and means for connecting said stop mechanisms with each other.

3. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressuremedium in a conduit, comprising valve means, a movable member for moving said valve means, power accumulating means for actuating said movable member, ,a releasable stop mechanism for maintaining said'movable member in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said movable' member and with said power accumulating means for restoring the valve means, means communicating the restoring means with the pres sure medium supplied to the valvev means for actuating the restoring means, means independentflofthe pressure medium for actuating said releasable stop mechanism, and a second releasable stop mechanism cooperating with said movwardlyround the pivot H60 and thereby raise thezrod 320 which closes the valve 220, 230 so astto interrupt the supply of pressure medium to wtheualarm apparatus; When the pressure above the diaphragm is reduced, the spring I380 willstretch out the toggle I0, 20 into an almost s'traight'position. The releasable force represented by the spring I260 and the whole linksystem are thenagain returned into-their initial positions in" which-they are ready again to cooperate with-each other, upon closing of the circuit of' the *electromagnet, fOl opening the valve between the vessel and 'the alarm apparatus, ti 11 'What'I claim is:

13A valve device'- for controlling the, flow of pre'ssur'emedium in a conduit, comprising valve means, actuating m'ea'nstor operating the valve means} a releasable 'st'op mechanism for normally maintainingthe actuating means in position with the Waive-means closed, restoring means operatively associate'd with -said 'actuating means for restoringthe, valve means, means communicating the restoringmeans with the pressure medium supplied to the'val've means 'for actuating the restoring means,mean's independent of the pressuremedium f or -actuating said releasable stop meiihanism,-. and a second-releasable stop mechae nism cooperating wit'hzsaid actuating means "for. j

stopping :the valve means i in position with: the

valve =m'eans opened, agsaid --:restoring means, cooperating'with said zsecondnstop mechanism so 1 as to" bring about -thei.;re"storing of the valve,

means to its closed/position upon release of said second stop mechanism.

.2. A :valvedevice'- for controlling. the new of I ber with, saidrestoring means for. transmitting pressure'medium in a: conduit, comprising valve.

means, actuating meanS foroperating the valve meansga releasable: stop mechanismfor mainmeans cooperating with said second stop mechanism so as to bring about the restoring of the valve means to its closed position .upon release of said second stop mechanism.

4. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressure-medium in a conduit, comprising valve means, actuating means for operating the valve means, a releasable toggle mechanism, connected with the actuating means for maintaining the same in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said actuating means for restoring the valve means, means for communicating pressure medium' to said restoring means for actuating the same, and a second releasable toggle mechanism operatively. connecting said actuating means with said re-, storing means for restoring said actuatingmeans after release of the first mentioned. toggle mech-v anism and for stopping the valve means in position with said valve means opened until the release of the second toggle mechanism whereby the actuatingmeans and the valvemeans are returned to closing position.

5. A valve device for controlling the flow of anism connec ted with said movable member, for,

maintaining the samedn position \viththeval means closed,restoring meansoperatively asso ciated with said movable member and with saidi power accumulating ,means for lQSCQf-ilig the! valve means, means for communicating Pressure medium supplied to, said restoring, m eans for l actuating the same,- and a secondqreleasable togglemechanism connecting saidmovable meme,

power to restore saidmovable member and said power accumulating means after releasefof the, firstmentioned toggle mechanism-and for stepping the valve means in position with said valve means opened until the release of the second toggle mechanism, whereby said movable member and the valve means are returned to closing position.

6. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressure medium in a conduit, comprising valve means arranged to open against the pressure acting thereon, a movable member for moving said valve means, power accumulating means for actuating said movable member to openthe valve means, a releasable toggle mechanism connected with said movable member for maintaining the same and the power accumulating means in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said movable member and with said power accumulating means, means communicating pressure medium to said restoring means for actuating the same, and a second releasable toggle mechanism operatively connecting said movable member with said restoring means for transmitting power to reset said power accumulating means after re-. lease of the first mentioned toggle mechanism and for stopping the valve means in open position until release of the second toggle mechanism whereby said valve means is closed.

7. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressure medium ina conduit, comprising valve 'means being arranged to open against the pressure acting upon the valve means, a movable member for moving said valve means, power accumulating means for actuating said movable member to open the valve means, a releasable toggle mechanism connected with said movable member for maintaining the same and the power accumulating means in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said movable member and with said power accumulating means, means communicating pressure medium to said restoring means for actuating the same, a second releasable toggle -mechanism operatively connecting said movable member with said restoring means for transmitting power to reset said power accumulating means after release of the first mentioned toggle mechanism and for stopping the valve means in position with the valve means opened until release of the second toggle mechanism whereby said valve means is closed, and spring means connecting the toggle mechanisms with each other for restoring the same after release.

8. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressure medium in a conduit, comprising valve means being arranged to open in the same direction as the direction of the pressure acting upon the valve means, a movable member for moving said valve means, a stop for limiting the opening movement of said movable member, power accumulating means for actuating said movable member to close said valve means, a releasable stop mechanism for maintaining said movable member in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with said movable member and with said power accumulating means, means communicating pressure medium to the'restoring means for actuating the same, and a second releasable stop mechanism connecting said retsoring means with said movable member for setting said power accumulating means and for maintaining the same and the movable member in position with the valve means opened until release of the second stop mechanism whereby the movable member is moved by said power accumulating means and the valve means closed.

9. A valve device for controlling the flow of pressure medium in a conduit, comprising valve means being arranged to open in the same direction as the direction of the pressure acting upon the valve means, a movable member for moving said valve means, a stop for limiting the opening movement of said movable member, power accumulating means -for actuating said movable member to close said valve means,,a releasable toggle mechanism connected with said movable member for maintaining the same in position with the valve means closed, restoring means operatively associated with saidmovable member and with'said power accumulating means, means communicating pressure medium to said restoring means for actuating the same, a second releasable toggle mechanism connecting said restoring means with said movable member for transmitting power to set said power accumulating means and for maintaining the same and the movable member in position with the valve means opened until release of the second toggle mechanism whereby the movable member is moved by means of said power accumulating means and the valve means closed, and spring means connecting the toggle mechanisms with each other for restoring said mechanisms after release.

10. A valve device as claimed in claim '1, wherein said actuating means consists of a, movable member and a spring device acting upon said movable member.

11. A valve device as claimed in claim 3,

wherein said power accumulating means consists of a spring device.

12. A valve device as claimed in claim, 1, including adjustable supporting means cooperating with said releasable toggle mechanisms for maintaining the same in position ready for release.

13. A valve device as claimed in claim 4, in-

cluding adjustable supporting means cooperating with said releasable stop mechanisms for maintaining the same in position ready for release.

14. A valve device as claimed in claim 1,- including electromagnet means arranged to actuate said releasable stop mechanismsso as to release magnet means and to release said second toggle mechanism upon breaking said circuit.

16; A valve device as .claimed in claim 1 for controlling the flow of pressure medium in a conduit to an alarm apparatus,- whereinsaid restoring means operated by pressure medium is connected with said conduit between said valve means and said alarm apparatus.

JOHN GUS'IAF MAURITZ BRODEN. 

